Chapter Seventy-Six: The Making of Basic Runes

Li Jinyi took two steps towards the puppet, bent down and saw a golden four-pointed star-shaped knob inlaid on the side of the bronze podium, and two counterclockwise arrows were engraved around the knob to indicate the direction.

Li Jinyi looked around with some hesitation, and after a little consideration, he leaned over and held the knob and rotated it counterclockwise for half a circle.

As this action was completed, he heard a "rumbling" sound behind him, and when he looked back, he saw that the huge whiteboard, which had been stationary and used to write the teaching content, was moving upwards and folding, and at the same time, in the space behind the whiteboard, something that Li Jinyi was familiar with gradually moved forward, and the outline emerged in the darkness.

Another disc, but unlike the previous one, there was a conspicuous transverse crack in the center of the disc.

"Is this broken?" Muttered as he walked over to the disc and reached out his hand, his fingertips touching it lightly.

The pitch-black disc frame immediately rippled with sparkling ripples, and when this change was transmitted to the crack in the center of the disk, there was a visible pause, and a moment later, the light and shadow quickly passed through the crack and spread to every corner of the disk.

The fluctuations gradually subsided, and the picture finally became clear, and Lai found that the lens of the disc was in a museum full of dossiers, which were quite old and dilapidated, some of which were even recorded in animal skins, and the corresponding facilities in the museum looked quite intelligent, and many reading robots were walking through it.

In the upper right corner of the picture, a fat alien man with light blue skin and a slightly bloated body in a brown scholar's robe, curly green hair, and a slightly bloated figure is sitting in a pile of scattered files, immersed in hard reading, and his head swaying from side to side at high frequency.

So flustered, is it a review before the exam, oh no, pre-study? Li Jinyi said silently.

He zoomed in to see what was written in the ancient dossier. However, to his surprise, this time, there was no corresponding translation next to the alien words.

What's going on? Doesn't the disc understand this kind of text? Or is the translation function not turned on?

Puzzled, he zoomed out the camera and whispered to the disc: "Turn on the function of translating words and words." ”

With that, he pulled back the picture and fixed it on the spread out files.

It's still not good! It's strange that there are words that can't be translated by discs, and if the dialogue can't be translated, how can I communicate with those people? As soon as I open my mouth, people will think of me as a ghost! Or the kind of animal ghost that can't speak...... Eh, could it be the cause of this crack, bring a bottle of glue next time you come and help it mend it?

As his thoughts pulsed, Li Jinyi saw that the hourglass under the disc was about to bottom out, and time was running out, so he decided to ignore the things in the disc for the time being, and prepared to use the remaining time to set up the camera and practice the summoning technique of the poisonous jaw worm again.

Quickly ran out of the lecture hall and came to the entrance platform that looked like an eye, standing more than a hundred meters above the ground, overlooking almost every corner of the garden shrouded in auspicious clouds.

"It's really a good place to shoot candidly, I'll put the camera here in the future, and next time I bring a light charger over, shoot while charging, unlimited battery life, so as not to take it back to charge, and then be seen by others when it is charged." ”

After setting up the camera, Li Jinyi took out "The Gate of All Souls" and asked Miss Puppet to turn to the first page, estimating the time, and preparing to chant the corresponding incantation.

"That's right. He looked at the puppet, "When you leave, keep your distance from me as much as possible, I want to see if I can bring you back without physical contact, if not, you may be forcibly sent back to the other world, but you can rest assured, I will summon you back tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow." ”

Miss Puppet pinched the ears of the panda hood and nodded.

The time was almost up, and Li Jinyi opened his mouth to read the incantation: "King of Mantades, Lord of the Fanatic Swarm, Infinite Points-"

Halfway through the thought, an otherworldly rift suddenly appeared in the sky, and a large number of poisonous jawworms began to swarm out.

"How did this happen again when the spell was successful before the spell was finished?!"

Li Jinyi first frowned and exclaimed, turned around and fled into the lecture hall, and then on the way to escape, he suddenly realized:

"Is this a sign of proficiency?!Maybe in the end I can activate the summoning ritual by just saying 'Mantadis'! No, I just need to shout the word 'Man' or nothing at all, just open the book and move my thoughts. It's amazing!"

Li Jinyi was excited, and out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the puppet lady next to him who was escaping from the pursuit of the poisonous jaw worm with him.

If proficiency can only be expressed through the length of the spell, doesn't that mean that in the days to come, I will have to be drained of my physical strength by the puppet summoning ritual N times to test my proficiency?

Before he could continue to think about it, as soon as the time came, his whole body was suddenly shrouded in darkness, Li Jinyi closed his heavy eyelids, and returned to the bed in SchΓΆnbrunn Palace.

The next day, Li Jinyi got up early, left his residence, and drove the spaceship to the small town of Cotuano to ask the cat master for rune making. Regarding the recall of Miss Puppet, he plans to do it again after he returns from his studies today.

On the spaceship, Li Jinyi was reviewing the knowledge taught by Master Cat in his mind, but the voice of his heart and soul reverberated very inappropriately.

"I just remembered that when you went to the Land of Dreams last night, you seemed to have forgotten something. ”

"What's the matter?" Li Jinyi, who was interrupted from his thoughts, immediately recalled all the events of last night and did not feel that there was anything missing.

"You forgot to use the disc to look at possible otherworldly people in the universe. Xin Yuan replied.

"Oh yes!" Li Jinyi patted his thigh violently, "How can I forget about this, set an agenda on my phone, and do it first when I go next time." Anyway, you just remembered that you don't have to do anything all day long, and you can forget such an important thing? ”

He did not forget to taunt the Demon Sword, but the latter remained silent and did not speak again.

Ten minutes later, the spaceship docked on the hillside in front of the windmill, Li Jinyi jumped off the spaceship, trotted to the gate of the courtyard, and found the cat master waving to him by the side door.

"Come in, I'm tweaking the machine, and when I see a spaceship landing outside, I know it's you. ”

Li Jinyi pushed the door and walked into the yard, and after politely greeting the cat master, he said:

"Early in the morning, what kind of machine are you debugging?"

The old cat raised his head slightly and smiled: "Self-made rune mass production machine, although the technology of this machine is in the hands of the official, but according to my own understanding, I can also imitate a similar, but the official kind can mass-produce a small number of middle-level runes, and I can only mass-produce low-level, as for high-level, everyone has to rely on hand." ”

"Master Cat is really powerful, he can make a mass-produced machine by himself, and he must have studied all kinds of runes quite thoroughly. Li Jinyi sighed sincerely.

"I have won awards and awards, in fact, Lin Long has also helped a lot. As he spoke, the old cat turned around and walked into the side room, motioning for Li Jinyi to follow in.

Your daughter? Didn't you say that she didn't know anything about rune magic? How could she help? Li Jinyi sneered, feeling a little puzzled.

"Speaking of which, why didn't you see his sister and brother today?" he asked curiously.

"Oh, they went to Starpark early this morning to buy materials, let's talk about it directly, so as not to delay your young people's time. The old cat touched the enlarged printer in the corner and looked back.

"Okay. Li Jinyi nodded in agreement.

The old cat then walked over to the locker, took out bags of powder of various colors, and some granite chips cut into octagonal shapes, and placed them on the workbench.

"Last time, we talked about the collection of materials and how to draw nourishing circles, and in this class we will talk about the making of basic runes, and the charms will be saved for the next class. ”

"The requirements for materials for low-level runes are not too harsh, and the most noteworthy point is that the color of the paint must correspond to the properties of the rune, for example, the paint of the blazing rune should be red and yellow as much as possible, animal blood should be used for red, copper powder should be used for yellow, and industrial dyes should not be used as much as possible, such as paint, ink, etc., those things are difficult to be given spirituality by the nourishing circle. ”

"The low-level runes consist of three layers of stone or metal sheets, with a total of five patterns. The pattern on the upper surface of the bottom stone tablet serves as a stabilizing effect, the pattern on the upper and lower surface of the middle stone tablet is used to store the corresponding magic spell, the pattern on the lower surface of the top stone tablet is used as a switch to activate the rune, and the pattern on the upper surface is only used to allow the user to recognize the name of the rune. ”

"The patterns of each type of low-level rune are completely different, and by mastering how to draw these patterns and the order in which they are arranged, you will be able to make some low-level runes on your own and become an entry-level rune apprentice. ”

As he spoke, the old cat handed Li Jinyi a worn-out manual with hundreds of patterns that made up low-level runes, and instructed, "This is what I use to eat, you can't pass it on." ”

Li Jinyi took the manual, and the countless patterns on it made his head a little confused.

"It's a good idea to memorize them all, because there are two advantages to this, one is to avoid the trouble of having to take out a manual to compare every time you make runes, and the other is that they are also deeply related to other magical fields, which will also help you understand other magic. The old cat said earnestly.

I understand the reasoning, but this is too much! Li Jinyi swallowed his saliva and felt his scalp tingle.